William f



(No Model.)

W. F. BEASLEY.

LOCK.

190.499,505. Patented June 13, 1893.

Unimet) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. BEASLEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,505, dated J' une13, 1893.

Application filed March 31, 1893. Serial No. 4678.519. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BEASLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in a Combined Indicating and Seal Lock; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a lock in which a rotating`barrel having a cross head thereon and journaled on anysuitable part, isadapted to be inserted through a slot in the opposite part (which ifdesired may be a hasp) and by being rotated, prevent the withdrawal ofthe 'said opposite parts until the cross head is again in the positionto pass through the slot therein. A locking mechanism may be provided toprevent the unauthorized rotation of the barrel carrying the cross head,or an indicating mechanism may be used `to record or indicate therotations of the said barrel, which in such a case is' provided withmeans to prevent its backward rotation; or a suitable seal may beapplied in such a manner as to prevent the forward rotation of the crosshead from its locked position Without destroying the seal, the rearwardrotation thereof being prevented by the mechanism applied to the barrelfor that purpose; or any or all of the said locking, indicating orsealing mechanism may bek used together and in combination. In case theindicating mechanism is used, I by preference, cause the numerals uponthe indicating disks thereof to be seen through the slot through whichthe cross head is inserted, so that it will be hidden by the said crosshead, when the latter is in a position to permit its insertion throughor removal from the said slot (this being its unlocking position)preventing the inadvertent leaving of the cross head in such a position,as it must be moved in order to read the register.

My invention,moreover, consists in the construction, arrangement andcombination of the several parts of which it is composed, as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which represent a lock especiallyadapted for use as a car door lock, and in which drawings correspondingparts are designated by similar marks of reference, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a lock constructed in accordance with my invention andapplied to a freight car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on lines X Xthereof, and of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a vertical, transverse section onlinesY Yof Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section onlines Z Z of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal longitudinal section throughthe seal lock on lines Z Z', Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a formof key.

A suitable aperture is bored in the side (A) of the car adjacent to thedooropening therein, and in this aperture the barrel 1 is mounted, inthe front and rear plates 2 and 3, respectively, which are circular andhave their edges united by the cylinder casing 3a, the plates havingears 4 projecting from the periphery thereof, through which ears andthrough the side of the car bolts 5 are inserted, the bolts beingfastened from the inside of the car. Flanges 6 are formed around theperiphery of the plates 2 and 3, the said anges as well as the ears 4being sunk in the sides of the car,.and being flushed With the surfacesthereof. The rear plate 3 is made of considerable thickness, and has thecentral bore 7 formed therein, the forward end of the bore being reducedin size. The barrel l has an enlargement 8 formed on its rear end andcontained in the enlarged portion of the said bore, while the forwardportion of the barrel passes through central bore 9 in the face plate 2,and has its projecting forward end squared, to receive the elongatedcross head 11, the end of the barrel being upset to hold the latter inplace. The cross head revolves above a boss 12 formed on the face plate,the said boss, being substantially the same shape as the cross head, butbeing by preference slightly larger.

When it is desired to -use an indicating mechanism to record therotations of the barrel, an aperture 13 is formed in the boss 12 and theface plate on which it is formed, the said aperture being on one side ofthe bore 9 through which the barrel l passes, and an indicatingmechanism, such as that described in another application filed by me inthe United States Patent Office on the 13th day of February, 1893, andserially numbered IOO 462,112, is placed within the compartment formedby the cylindrical casing 3"L between the rear and face plates 3 and 2,respectively. The essential feature of such an indicating mechanism asshown in the drawings, consists of indicating disks 14 which are seenthrough the apertures 13, they being journaled on the barrel 1, andconnected by concentric sleeves 15, with notched floating disks 16,which are engaged by pins 16a upon floating wheels 17, which arejournaled on a stud 18 projecting from the rear plate 3, the saidnotched disks 16 being thrown thereby, while each of the floating wheelsis thrown by the shoulders 19 thereon, engaging projections 2O on theiioating disk immediately adjacent thereto. The first floating wheel isthrown by a projection 21 contained in a groove 22 in a collar 23 keyedon the said barrel 1, the said projection 21 being placed at such apointin the groove as to throw the Iirst floating wheel, and thus theindicating disks (which have a series of marks on their faces) upon theinitial movement of the said barrel from the position in which the crosshead 11 thereon lies at right angles to the boss 12 on the face plate,(the position shown in the drawings.)

As will be noticed, the cross head will, in its rotation with the barrell, lie above and be symmetrical with the boss 12, twice in eachrevolution thereon, thus covering the aperture 13, and the indicatingdisks, and will also lie at right angles to the boss 12 twice in eachrevolution of the barrel, and to provide means for recording therotation of the barrel from the latter of these positions, twoprojections 21 are placed in the collar 23,at diametrically oppositesides thereof, so that one of the said projections will throw the firstfioating wheel and thus the indicating disks upon the rotation of thecross head from either of the said last named positions. In order toprovide means for locking such a cross head, when in a position atrightangles to theboss, two series of apertures 25 are formed in therear plate 3 at diametriclaly opposite sides thereof, the said aperturesbeing radial in respect to the bore 7 therein, while a single similarseries of holes 26 is formed in the enlarged rear end of the barrel 1vin such a position that they will register with one of the series ofapertures 25 in the plate when the barrel is in such a position as tocause the cross head thereon to be at right angles with they boss 12,theinner ends of the holes 26 communicating with one side of alongitudinal slot 27 formed in the barrel, and extending, if necessary,through the cross head, into which slot a suitable key may be inserted,to move thev pins 27 contained in the said holes 26 a sufficientdistance outwardly to cause the inner ends of pins 29 contained in thesaid aperture 25 to be Hush with the periphery of the. enlargement S onthebarrel, thus unlocking it for rotation, the pins 29 being shovedoutwardly by springs 30 contained in the outer ends of the apertures 25.It will thus be noticed that the barrel l is adapted to be locked twicein each revolution and at diametrically opposite points by the pins 29contained in one of the sets of apertures 25, and at such positions asto canse the cross head 11 to be at right angles to the boss 12, whichas before stated is the position upon the rotation of the barrel fromwhich the indicating mechanism will be thrown. In order to prevent abackward rotation of the barrel from such a position, or from a position-in which the cross head lies above and symmetrically to the boss 12, aseries of rearwardly facing shoulders 30'v1 is formed on the enlargement8 of the barrel at ninety degrees apart, the said shoulders lying in thesame plane as one of the holes 26 in the barrel, so that they will beengagedby the pin 29 in one of the apertures 25 and by the pin in thecorresponding aperture of the opposite set thereof. The backwardrotation, which is thus prevented,is objectionable, inasmuch as it wouldtend to destroy the accuracy of the indicating mechanism. The part whichI have shown as adapted to be locked by such a cross head consists of ahinged hasp 31, secured to the car door (B), the said hasp having a slot32 therein corresponding to the boss 12, which it is adapted to receive,and over which it may be placed, when the cross head 11 lies above andsymmetrically to the said boss. It will be obvious thatif after placingthe hasp upon the boss, the cross be turned through an arc of ninetydegrees causing it to assume a position at right angles in respect tothe boss and to the slot 32 in which the latter is contained (theposition shown in Fig. 1) that itwill beimpossible to remove thehaspuntil the cross head has been again rotated in a forward directionthrough an arc of ninety degrees, causing it to again lie above and besymmetricalwith the boss, the backward rotation of the cross head beingprevented by the shoulders 30a on the enlargement 8. Such a forwardmovement of the cross head cannot be made, however, without throwing theregistering mechanism as before described, and without using a key tounlock the locking mechanism, if such latter mechanism be provided. Itwill be noticed also that vthe indicating mechanism, which should, beread upon each locking of the car, and each unlocking thereof, (whichtwo successive readings should correspond) aifords a means of detectingan intervening unlocking, while, as the registering mechanism cannot beread, while the cross head covering the indicating mechanism whenv inits unlocking position, will prevent the inadvertent omission to turnthe former to its locking position, as the indicating mechanism cannotbe read until this is done. It will be evident however that the boss maybe formed solid and the slot formed in any other portion of the faceplate, whereby the indicating disks will be covered by the cross head,when the latter is in a locking position, if desired. It will also benoticed that the boss 12 occuilo `the car and to enter a recess 33 inthe hasp,

when the latter is in a position to be locked by the cross head.

When it is desired to use a seal, I provide a block 40 which is adaptedto be secured in place by one of the bolts 5 and by a nipple or lug 41projecting from the face plate 2 and takingdnto an aperture 42 in theblock, the

upper end of which block is adjacent to the hasp 31 when the latter isclosed, and has a groove 43 in its upper end, While abifurcated horn 44projects from the grooved portion of lthe block and between the parts ofthis horn and through the groove in the block the ends of the cross head11 are adapted to pass upon the rotation thereof. Shoulders 45 areformed at the junction of the horns with the block on the upper andlower sides thereof, while other shoulders 46 are formed upon the upperand lower surfaces of the block at its junction with the horns. Over thehorns a sheet metal seal, having a slot 4S in one end thereof is adaptedto be placed, while the cross head is in an unlocking position, the

horns passing through the slot in the seal. If this be done it will beYobvious that when the cross head is rotated to its locking position, theseal will prevent the forward rotation thereof to unlock the hasp, therearward rotation of the cross head being prevented by the shoulders30a, and it will be also seen that to rotate the barrel forward it willbe first necessary to destroy the seal. When such a seal is provided, Imay if I desire, dispense with both the registering mechanism and a partof the locking mechanism (that is to say, the pins 27, and the slot 27ain the barrel, leaving the spring pressed pins 29 and the shoulders 30aonY the barrel in order to prevent the backward rotation thereof,) or Imay dispense with either the indication or the said portion of thelocking mechanism. In case, however, I desire to use the indicatingmechanism with the sealing mechanism described, I may if I desire causethe state of the register to be suitably marked on the seal, therebyaffording a convenient reference for comparing the reading of theindicating mechanism when the car door is opened. It will also benoticed that from the method in which the block 40 is secured it can bereadily removed or replaced, as it is desired to remove or use thesealing mechanism, it only being necessary to remove a single bolt 5.

I may if I so desire, instead of forming the slot 27 a in the barrel 1,in the form shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, make it circular in crosssection, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, such a hole being bored inthe front end of the barrel and being adapted to receive a key (such asshown in Fig. 6), which is also circular in cross section and providedwith annular grooves 50 in its rear end, the said grooves being adaptedto move the pins 27, and to hold them in the proper position forunlocking the barrel. It is obvious that such a key when inserted in thehole 27 will release the locking mechanism, and that it will be capableof being turned in the said hole without turning the barrel, and withoutaffecting its result upon the locking mechanism, thereby rendering itnecessary to turn the barrel by means of the cross head thereon, andpreventing it from being turned by the key, thus removing the strainfrom the latter, which would tend to break it. I may also, if I sodesire, place on the forward end of the barrel a block of soft rubber,such as 5l, the block covering the forward end of the slot of hole 27,and having a slit such as 52 cut in it, over the said slot or hole,through which the key may he pushed, while upon withdrawing the key, therubber will expand and again entirely close the forward end of the slotor hole, preventing the entrance of moisture or dirt.

In another application tiled by me on March 17, 1893, Serial No.466,448, I have described and claimed a construction in which a barrel,having a cross head thereon, and provided with mechanism whereby it maybe locked at -opposite point-s, is used in combination with anindicating mechanism consisting of a series of disks thrown by arotation of the barrel, and I do not therefore desire to claim such acombination herein broadly, but

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a rotating barrel having across head thereon, and with a slotted part adapted to be locked by thesaid cross head, of aslotted casing, indicating mechanism contained inthe said casing and showing through the said slot adapted to be thrownby the said barrel,- and to be covered by the said cross head when thelatter is in an unlocking position, substantially as ,described.

2. The combination with a revolving cross head, of a slotted partadapted to be locked by the said cross head; means for preventing abackward rotation of the said cross head, and a bifurcated horn betweenthe separate parts of which the said cross head is adapted to revolve,thev said horn having Shoulders thereon adapted to support a slottedseal, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a revolving cross head, of a slotted partadapted to be locked by the said cross head; means for preventing abackward rotation of the said cross head, and a horn adjacent to whichthe said cross head is adapted to be revolved, and adapted to receive aslotted seal, and an indicating mechanism adapted to be thrownupon vtherotation of the said cross head, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a revolving cross head,of a suitablecasinghaving a slot there- IOO TIO

in in a position to be covered by the said cross head, and an indicatingmechanism contained in the said casing, and adapted to be thrown by therotation of the said cross head, sub1 stantially as described.

5. The combination with a suitable casing, having a slotted boss formedon the head thereof, of a barrel journaled therein and having a crosshead thereon above the said boss, and an indicating mechanism containedin Vthe said casing, and seen through the slot in the said boss, thesaid mechanism beingthrown by the rotation of the said barrel,substantially as described.

6. The combination with a suitable casing having a slotted boss formedon the head thereof, of a barrel journaled in the said casing, andhaving a cross head thereon above the said boss, an indicating mechanismcontained in the said casing vand seen through the slot in the saidboss, the said mechanism being thrown by a rotation ot' the said barrel,means for preventing a backward rotation of the said barrel, and a hornadjacent to which the said cross head is adapted to be revolved, thesaid horn having shoulders adapted to support a slotted seal,substantially as described.

7. The combination with a suitable casing, having a slotted boss formedon the end thereof, of a barrel journaled in the said casing, and havinga cross head thereon above the said boss, an indicating mechanism,contained in the said casing, and seen through the slot in the saidboss, the said indicating mechanism being thrown upon the rotation ofthebarrel, and a locking mechanism in the said barrel, substantially asdescribed.

8. The combi-nation with a suitable casing having a slot therein, of arevolving barrel journaled in the said casing, and having a cross headthereon, locking pins contained in the said barrel, spring pressedlocking pins contained in diametrically opposite sides of the saidcasing, and adapted to lock the said barrel twice on each revolutionthereof, an indicating mechanism contained in the said casing, and seenthrough the slot therein, and a plurality of projections placed atdiametrically opposite points on the said barrel, and adapted to throwthe said indicating mechanism upon the movement of the said barrel fromeither of its locked positions, substantially as described. v

9. The combination in a car door lock, of a suitable casing contained inthe thickness of the sides of the car, of a slotted boss upon the headof the said casing, a slotted barrel journaled inthe said casing andhaving a cross head upon its forward end and` above the said boss andhaving rearwardly facing shoulders upon its rear end, a slotted haspsecured to the car door, and having an aperture therein and adapted tobe locked by the said cross head, a bolt holding the said casing inplace and projecting through the aperture in the said hasp, locking pinscontained in the rear end of the said barrel, spring pressed pinscontained in the said casing at diametrically opposite points therein,and adapted to lock the said barrel twice on each revolution thereof, anindicating mechanism contained in the said casing and seen through theslot in the boss thereon, projections placed at diametrically oppositepoints on the said barrel and adapted to throw the said indicatingmechanism twice on each completed revolution thereof, and a bifurcatedhorn secured to thesi-de of the said car, between the separate parts ofwhich horn the said cross head is adapted to revolve, the said hornhaving shoulders thereon adapted to support a slotted seal,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. BEAsLEY.

